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Mara Voss

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Inventor, clean-energy systems founder, and engineering leader

Oakland, California

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Professional snapshot

Inventor and engineering leader with 20 years of experience turning ambitious energy, automation, and hardware ideas into reliable products and operating companies. Builds multidisciplinary teams, translates complex systems into clear business decisions, and stays close to the field conditions where products succeed or fail.

Relevant experience6 roles

Founder and Chief Executive OfficerLumen Arc WorksMay 1, 2020 - Present

- Founded a clean-energy systems company developing modular storage and resilient power controls for community-scale facilities.
- Set the product, capital, and operating strategy from first prototype through three commercial pilot deployments.
- Built a 42-person team across electrical engineering, firmware, mechanical design, operations, field service, and commercial partnerships.
- Led customer discovery with utilities, manufacturers, and public-interest organizations to turn technical requirements into deployable product plans.
- Established a quarterly reliability review that connected field data, safety findings, supplier performance, and product roadmap decisions.

Chief Technology OfficerHelioWorks SystemsFebruary 1, 2017 - April 1, 2020

- Owned technology strategy for industrial microgrid controls used by hospitals, distribution centers, and remote research sites.
- Unified firmware, controls, data, and field engineering into one product-development organization with shared reliability measures.
- Reduced pilot-to-production handoff time by creating a staged architecture review and design-for-service process.
- Presented technical risk, product tradeoffs, and deployment readiness to the board, strategic partners, and enterprise customers.
- Mentored engineering directors and principal engineers through a period of rapid hiring and product expansion.

Co-Founder and Vice President of EngineeringFluxForge RoboticsSeptember 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017

- Co-founded an industrial robotics company focused on inspection and maintenance in hazardous environments.
- Led development of the first field-ready autonomous inspection platform, including sensing, motion control, fleet software, and operator workflows.
- Created a customer pilot program with clear safety, data-handling, and success criteria before deploying equipment on active sites.
- Grew the engineering team from four founding members to 24 people while preserving fast prototype-to-field feedback cycles.
- Supported acquisition diligence by documenting architecture decisions, patent portfolio, field performance, and supplier dependencies.

Principal Systems EngineerAtlas Field TechnologiesJune 1, 2010 - August 1, 2013

- Designed control systems for mobile environmental monitoring platforms operating in heat, dust, vibration, and intermittent connectivity.
- Led cross-functional failure analysis after field incidents and translated findings into hardware, firmware, and service improvements.
- Developed test fixtures and acceptance criteria that improved repeatability across prototype and production builds.
- Partnered with operations to qualify suppliers and document manufacturing changes without losing traceability.

Senior Electrical EngineerMeridian Applied ResearchJuly 1, 2007 - May 1, 2010

- Developed power electronics and sensor interfaces for research prototypes moving toward commercial deployment.
- Built instrumentation plans that gave project teams usable performance data rather than isolated lab measurements.
- Collaborated with scientists, industrial designers, and software engineers to resolve tradeoffs early in the development cycle.
- Authored technical design records and customer-facing demonstrations for complex systems.

Electrical EngineerCrescent Circuit LabAugust 1, 2005 - June 1, 2007

- Designed and tested low-power control boards for water-quality monitoring equipment.
- Supported field technicians by improving service documentation and creating practical diagnostic tools.
- Learned to balance elegant engineering solutions with cost, repairability, and the realities of customer deployment.

Core capabilities3 entries

Leadership and strategy

- Founder-led product strategy
- Technical due diligence
- Board and investor communication
- Engineering organization design
- Partnership development

Systems and product development

- Energy storage systems
- Industrial automation
- Embedded systems
- Hardware-software integration
- Reliability engineering
- Rapid prototyping

Operating disciplines

- Program portfolio management
- Manufacturing readiness
- Safety and risk reviews
- Vendor qualification
- Customer discovery
- Technical storytelling

Skills and tools3 entries

Technical systems

- Power electronics
- Embedded C
- Python
- Control systems
- Industrial communications
- Systems modeling

Product and operations

- Product discovery
- Roadmap development
- Stage-gate reviews
- Manufacturing transfer
- Field reliability
- Supplier management

Leadership tools

- Executive communication
- Technical writing
- Hiring and mentoring
- Facilitation
- Investor diligence
- Partnership negotiation

Leadership and speaking

Building Technical Teams That Can Explain Their Decisions

Fictional keynote for an engineering leadership conference on creating decision records, healthy escalation paths, and clear cross-functional communication.

From Prototype to Public Value

Fictional workshop for early-stage climate and industrial founders on translating complex technology into credible customer, partner, and investor conversations.

Education

M.S. - Electrical and Systems EngineeringPacific Institute of TechnologySeptember 1, 2003 - June 1, 2005

Graduate research focused on distributed control systems and fault-tolerant power electronics.

B.S. - Electrical EngineeringCoastal State UniversitySeptember 1, 1999 - June 1, 2003

Capstone project: modular sensor network for watershed monitoring.

Languages3 entries

English

Native or bilingual proficiency

Spanish

Professional working proficiency

German

Limited working proficiency

Selected projects3 entries

Harborlight Resilience Pilot

Led a cross-sector demonstration of modular energy storage and automated load management for a fictional waterfront emergency operations campus. Defined system requirements, commissioning plan, field training, and post-deployment reliability review.

ForgeSight Inspection Platform

Co-led the product architecture for a fictional autonomous inspection platform used to assess hard-to-reach industrial assets. Combined sensing, robotics, fleet software, and operator review into a field-tested workflow.

Open Grid Reliability Toolkit

Created an internal toolkit of test methods, reliability checklists, and decision templates that helped engineering and operations teams identify deployment risks before field installation.

Certifications

Certified Systems Engineering ProfessionalInstitute for Applied Systems Practice2014

Institute for Applied Systems Practice
Fictional demonstration credential.

Functional Safety for Industrial Control SystemsNorth American Safety Guild2018

North American Safety Guild
Fictional demonstration credential.

Awards

Frontier Systems Leadership Award

Fictional recognition for building high-trust engineering teams and bringing a complex energy system from prototype to field pilot.

Applied Innovation Fellowship

Fictional fellowship supporting practical research in resilient energy infrastructure and industrial automation.

Writing and publications

Designing for the Field, Not Just the Lab

Fictional essay on why serviceability, operator feedback, and real-world constraints should shape hardware decisions from the first prototype.

The Reliability Conversation: A Founder’s Operating Guide

Fictional practical guide for founders who need to connect engineering evidence, customer commitments, and operational risk without hiding tradeoffs.

Additional information

Community and Mentorship

- Fictional volunteer mentor for first-generation engineering students and early-career hardware founders.
- Fictional advisor to a regional maker-space program focused on repairable clean-technology prototypes.
- Regular facilitator of small peer groups for technical leaders navigating their first executive role.

Professional Interests

- Resilient infrastructure, repairable product design, technical education, and practical climate solutions.
- Restoring old workshop tools, long-distance cycling, and collecting field notebooks from engineering projects.

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Professional: Mara Voss

Professional headline: Inventor, clean-energy systems founder, and engineering leader

Professional snapshot:
Inventor and engineering leader with 20 years of experience turning ambitious energy, automation, and hardware ideas into reliable products and operating companies. Builds multidisciplinary teams, translates complex systems into clear business decisions, and stays close to the field conditions where products succeed or fail.

Relevant experience:
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer | Lumen Arc Works | May 1, 2020 - Present
  - Founded a clean-energy systems company developing modular storage and resilient power controls for community-scale facilities.
- Set the product, capital, and operating strategy from first prototype through three commercial pilot deployments.
- Built a 42-person team across electrical engineering, firmware, mechanical design, operations, field service, and commercial partnerships.
- Led customer discovery with utilities, manufacturers, and public-interest organizations to turn technical requirements into deployable product plans.
- Established a quarterly reliability review that connected field data, safety findings, supplier performance, and product roadmap decisions.
- Chief Technology Officer | HelioWorks Systems | February 1, 2017 - April 1, 2020
  - Owned technology strategy for industrial microgrid controls used by hospitals, distribution centers, and remote research sites.
- Unified firmware, controls, data, and field engineering into one product-development organization with shared reliability measures.
- Reduced pilot-to-production handoff time by creating a staged architecture review and design-for-service process.
- Presented technical risk, product tradeoffs, and deployment readiness to the board, strategic partners, and enterprise customers.
- Mentored engineering directors and principal engineers through a period of rapid hiring and product expansion.
- Co-Founder and Vice President of Engineering | FluxForge Robotics | September 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017
  - Co-founded an industrial robotics company focused on inspection and maintenance in hazardous environments.
- Led development of the first field-ready autonomous inspection platform, including sensing, motion control, fleet software, and operator workflows.
- Created a customer pilot program with clear safety, data-handling, and success criteria before deploying equipment on active sites.
- Grew the engineering team from four founding members to 24 people while preserving fast prototype-to-field feedback cycles.
- Supported acquisition diligence by documenting architecture decisions, patent portfolio, field performance, and supplier dependencies.
- Principal Systems Engineer | Atlas Field Technologies | June 1, 2010 - August 1, 2013
  - Designed control systems for mobile environmental monitoring platforms operating in heat, dust, vibration, and intermittent connectivity.
- Led cross-functional failure analysis after field incidents and translated findings into hardware, firmware, and service improvements.
- Developed test fixtures and acceptance criteria that improved repeatability across prototype and production builds.
- Partnered with operations to qualify suppliers and document manufacturing changes without losing traceability.
- Senior Electrical Engineer | Meridian Applied Research | July 1, 2007 - May 1, 2010
  - Developed power electronics and sensor interfaces for research prototypes moving toward commercial deployment.
- Built instrumentation plans that gave project teams usable performance data rather than isolated lab measurements.
- Collaborated with scientists, industrial designers, and software engineers to resolve tradeoffs early in the development cycle.
- Authored technical design records and customer-facing demonstrations for complex systems.
- Electrical Engineer | Crescent Circuit Lab | August 1, 2005 - June 1, 2007
  - Designed and tested low-power control boards for water-quality monitoring equipment.
- Supported field technicians by improving service documentation and creating practical diagnostic tools.
- Learned to balance elegant engineering solutions with cost, repairability, and the realities of customer deployment.

Core capabilities:
- Leadership and strategy
  - Founder-led product strategy
- Technical due diligence
- Board and investor communication
- Engineering organization design
- Partnership development
- Systems and product development
  - Energy storage systems
- Industrial automation
- Embedded systems
- Hardware-software integration
- Reliability engineering
- Rapid prototyping
- Operating disciplines
  - Program portfolio management
- Manufacturing readiness
- Safety and risk reviews
- Vendor qualification
- Customer discovery
- Technical storytelling

Skills and tools:
- Technical systems
  - Power electronics
- Embedded C
- Python
- Control systems
- Industrial communications
- Systems modeling
- Product and operations
  - Product discovery
- Roadmap development
- Stage-gate reviews
- Manufacturing transfer
- Field reliability
- Supplier management
- Leadership tools
  - Executive communication
- Technical writing
- Hiring and mentoring
- Facilitation
- Investor diligence
- Partnership negotiation

Selected projects:
- Harborlight Resilience Pilot
  Led a cross-sector demonstration of modular energy storage and automated load management for a fictional waterfront emergency operations campus. Defined system requirements, commissioning plan, field training, and post-deployment reliability review.
- ForgeSight Inspection Platform
  Co-led the product architecture for a fictional autonomous inspection platform used to assess hard-to-reach industrial assets. Combined sensing, robotics, fleet software, and operator review into a field-tested workflow.
- Open Grid Reliability Toolkit
  Created an internal toolkit of test methods, reliability checklists, and decision templates that helped engineering and operations teams identify deployment risks before field installation.

Certifications:
- Certified Systems Engineering Professional | Institute for Applied Systems Practice | 2014
  Institute for Applied Systems Practice
Fictional demonstration credential.
- Functional Safety for Industrial Control Systems | North American Safety Guild | 2018
  North American Safety Guild
Fictional demonstration credential.

Education:
- M.S. - Electrical and Systems Engineering | Pacific Institute of Technology | September 1, 2003 - June 1, 2005
  Graduate research focused on distributed control systems and fault-tolerant power electronics.
- B.S. - Electrical Engineering | Coastal State University | September 1, 1999 - June 1, 2003
  Capstone project: modular sensor network for watershed monitoring.

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Professional: Mara Voss

Professional headline: Inventor, clean-energy systems founder, and engineering leader

Professional snapshot:
Inventor and engineering leader with 20 years of experience turning ambitious energy, automation, and hardware ideas into reliable products and operating companies. Builds multidisciplinary teams, translates complex systems into clear business decisions, and stays close to the field conditions where products succeed or fail.

Relevant experience:
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer | Lumen Arc Works | May 1, 2020 - Present
  - Founded a clean-energy systems company developing modular storage and resilient power controls for community-scale facilities.
- Set the product, capital, and operating strategy from first prototype through three commercial pilot deployments.
- Built a 42-person team across electrical engineering, firmware, mechanical design, operations, field service, and commercial partnerships.
- Led customer discovery with utilities, manufacturers, and public-interest organizations to turn technical requirements into deployable product plans.
- Established a quarterly reliability review that connected field data, safety findings, supplier performance, and product roadmap decisions.
- Chief Technology Officer | HelioWorks Systems | February 1, 2017 - April 1, 2020
  - Owned technology strategy for industrial microgrid controls used by hospitals, distribution centers, and remote research sites.
- Unified firmware, controls, data, and field engineering into one product-development organization with shared reliability measures.
- Reduced pilot-to-production handoff time by creating a staged architecture review and design-for-service process.
- Presented technical risk, product tradeoffs, and deployment readiness to the board, strategic partners, and enterprise customers.
- Mentored engineering directors and principal engineers through a period of rapid hiring and product expansion.
- Co-Founder and Vice President of Engineering | FluxForge Robotics | September 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017
  - Co-founded an industrial robotics company focused on inspection and maintenance in hazardous environments.
- Led development of the first field-ready autonomous inspection platform, including sensing, motion control, fleet software, and operator workflows.
- Created a customer pilot program with clear safety, data-handling, and success criteria before deploying equipment on active sites.
- Grew the engineering team from four founding members to 24 people while preserving fast prototype-to-field feedback cycles.
- Supported acquisition diligence by documenting architecture decisions, patent portfolio, field performance, and supplier dependencies.
- Principal Systems Engineer | Atlas Field Technologies | June 1, 2010 - August 1, 2013
  - Designed control systems for mobile environmental monitoring platforms operating in heat, dust, vibration, and intermittent connectivity.
- Led cross-functional failure analysis after field incidents and translated findings into hardware, firmware, and service improvements.
- Developed test fixtures and acceptance criteria that improved repeatability across prototype and production builds.
- Partnered with operations to qualify suppliers and document manufacturing changes without losing traceability.
- Senior Electrical Engineer | Meridian Applied Research | July 1, 2007 - May 1, 2010
  - Developed power electronics and sensor interfaces for research prototypes moving toward commercial deployment.
- Built instrumentation plans that gave project teams usable performance data rather than isolated lab measurements.
- Collaborated with scientists, industrial designers, and software engineers to resolve tradeoffs early in the development cycle.
- Authored technical design records and customer-facing demonstrations for complex systems.
- Electrical Engineer | Crescent Circuit Lab | August 1, 2005 - June 1, 2007
  - Designed and tested low-power control boards for water-quality monitoring equipment.
- Supported field technicians by improving service documentation and creating practical diagnostic tools.
- Learned to balance elegant engineering solutions with cost, repairability, and the realities of customer deployment.

Core capabilities:
- Leadership and strategy
  - Founder-led product strategy
- Technical due diligence
- Board and investor communication
- Engineering organization design
- Partnership development
- Systems and product development
  - Energy storage systems
- Industrial automation
- Embedded systems
- Hardware-software integration
- Reliability engineering
- Rapid prototyping
- Operating disciplines
  - Program portfolio management
- Manufacturing readiness
- Safety and risk reviews
- Vendor qualification
- Customer discovery
- Technical storytelling

Skills and tools:
- Technical systems
  - Power electronics
- Embedded C
- Python
- Control systems
- Industrial communications
- Systems modeling
- Product and operations
  - Product discovery
- Roadmap development
- Stage-gate reviews
- Manufacturing transfer
- Field reliability
- Supplier management
- Leadership tools
  - Executive communication
- Technical writing
- Hiring and mentoring
- Facilitation
- Investor diligence
- Partnership negotiation

Selected projects:
- Harborlight Resilience Pilot
  Led a cross-sector demonstration of modular energy storage and automated load management for a fictional waterfront emergency operations campus. Defined system requirements, commissioning plan, field training, and post-deployment reliability review.
- ForgeSight Inspection Platform
  Co-led the product architecture for a fictional autonomous inspection platform used to assess hard-to-reach industrial assets. Combined sensing, robotics, fleet software, and operator review into a field-tested workflow.
- Open Grid Reliability Toolkit
  Created an internal toolkit of test methods, reliability checklists, and decision templates that helped engineering and operations teams identify deployment risks before field installation.

Certifications:
- Certified Systems Engineering Professional | Institute for Applied Systems Practice | 2014
  Institute for Applied Systems Practice
Fictional demonstration credential.
- Functional Safety for Industrial Control Systems | North American Safety Guild | 2018
  North American Safety Guild
Fictional demonstration credential.

Education:
- M.S. - Electrical and Systems Engineering | Pacific Institute of Technology | September 1, 2003 - June 1, 2005
  Graduate research focused on distributed control systems and fault-tolerant power electronics.
- B.S. - Electrical Engineering | Coastal State University | September 1, 1999 - June 1, 2003
  Capstone project: modular sensor network for watershed monitoring.

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Professional headline: Inventor, clean-energy systems founder, and engineering leader

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- Applied Innovation Fellowship
  Fictional fellowship supporting practical research in resilient energy infrastructure and industrial automation.

Writing and publications:
- Designing for the Field, Not Just the Lab
  Fictional essay on why serviceability, operator feedback, and real-world constraints should shape hardware decisions from the first prototype.
- The Reliability Conversation: A Founder’s Operating Guide
  Fictional practical guide for founders who need to connect engineering evidence, customer commitments, and operational risk without hiding tradeoffs.

Leadership and speaking:
- Building Technical Teams That Can Explain Their Decisions
  Fictional keynote for an engineering leadership conference on creating decision records, healthy escalation paths, and clear cross-functional communication.
- From Prototype to Public Value
  Fictional workshop for early-stage climate and industrial founders on translating complex technology into credible customer, partner, and investor conversations.

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Professional headline: Inventor, clean-energy systems founder, and engineering leader

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